Swift | The fastest loading WordPress theme

SWIFT, as the name says is the fastest loading, SEO optimized server friendly WordPress theme.

This theme is mainly aimed at blogs running on low server resources and for those who like clean and simple designs. It’s always good have themes like SWIFT at your disposal so that you can easily switch to it if you are expecting a spike in traffic from social media sites.

Here are some of the best features of SWIFT which makes it stand out from crowd.

Loads very fast, minimum number of http requests. Your server will love it

* Jquery file required for options page was deleted by mistake in v.2.08

* Reorganized the options page.

30.08.09 – Version 2.0.8

* Added rounded corner support to safari.

* Fixed all the CSS and HTML errors

29.08.09 – Version 2.0.7

* Fixed the bug in navigation area

* Added some default widgets.

* Some SEO tweaks

28.08.09 – Version 2.0.6

* Made the height of navigation area above and below logo fluid now you can have as many pages and categories as you want.

27.08.09 – Version 2.0.5

* Fixed the 125*125 banner ads bug

27.08.09 – Version 2.0.4

* Options page is more user friendly now.

* Added gravtar next to post title and gave it a whole new styling. You will love it.

* Separate comments and trackback.

* Added an option to add Adsense ad under the navigation area. I have been using Adsense for more than three years, trust me when I say that this position has highest CTR and could double your Adsense revenue when used with proper colour combinations.

* Fixed the email subscription link.

* Fixed some bugs in comments template.

26.08.09 – Version 2.0.3

Changed the post title style

Fixed some bugs with rss

made the search box little wider to accomodate the default text

23.08.09 – Version 2.0.2

Added threaded comments

23.08.09 – Version 2.0.1

*Fixed the links to feeds in footer

23.08.09 – Version 2.0.0

*Changed the layout from 16 grid system to 12 grid system (Swift uses 960.gs css framework)

*Added RSS subscribe box and changed the search box position

20.08.09 – Version 1.0.6

*Fixed some php tags

*Added colour picker to options page and made it more user friendly

19.08.09 – Version 1.0.5

* Added the option to disable popular posts on homepage, disabled by default.

* If no post is specified for the featured section, most recent post is taken as default.

*Fixed the issues with Internet explorer, that crept into version 1.0.4

TOTAL_HTML – Congratulations, the total number of HTML files on this page (including the main HTML file) is 1 which most browsers can multithread. Minimizing HTTP requests is key for web site optimization. Y

TOTAL_IMAGES – Congratulations, the total number of images on this page is 3 . Most browsers can send multiple requests, which can speed display of multiple images.

TOTAL_CSS – Congratulations, the total number of external CSS files on this page is 1 . Because external CSS files must be in the HEAD of your HTML document, they must load first before any BODY content displays. Although they are cached, CSS files slow down the initial display of your page. Remember to place CSS files in the HEAD and JavaScript files at the end of the BODY to enable progressive display.

TOTAL_SIZE – Caution. The total size of this page is 112708 bytes, which will load in over 20 seconds on a 56Kbps modem – or 24.26 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. Consider reducing total page size to less than 100K to achieve sub 20 second response times on 56K connections. Be sure to provide feedback for pages over 100K by layering your design to display useful content within the first two seconds. Consider optimizing your site with Website Optimization Secrets, Speed Up Your Site or contacting us about our optimization services.

TOTAL_SCRIPT – Caution.The total number of external script files on this page is 4 , consider reducing this to one or two. Combine, refactor, and minify to

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82 Replies to “Swift | The fastest loading WordPress theme”

Hello! Thank you so much for this wonderful theme. I am having a problem with the slider. It keeps showing the most recent posts, although I did check the option of selecting a featured category, and selected “Skip posts shown in the slider from WordPress loop”. How is this possible?
Anything I am missing here?
Thank you for your support and the great job!

When can we expect the pull down navigation? I desperately need the ability to create a categories menu with the top level categories in the navigation bar and the related sub categories in drop downs.

Firstly let me thank you some million times..I was going crazy trying to find good themes for a makeover of my blog from last 2 years..finally Swift gave me, what I was looking for !
I tried to search the forums, but I couldn’t find a relevant thread…the subscribe.php in version 5.29 is empty…why is it so??Sorry , but I am technically challenged, so kinda excuse me for my ignorance.
Though I provide the feedburner Id(I mean the ID), the subscribe by email feature is not working..I tried to follow the rules of activation of Subscribe by email feature, but where should I put the code that I get from Feedburner?
Second issue I am facing is that the dropdown menu in both navigation bars disappears on hover..I am trying to crack this, but no luck yet.Can you please help me to sort out this…I know you are damn busy , so take your time, but please keep my query in mind.
Thanks once again, you have done a fab. job !Kudos !

Hello Satish, I love the theme. I have an issue with the way it looks in IE and the way it looks with firefox. I use the theme in a magazine option. My left and right columns are leveled well in appearance, when viewed in FIREFOX. However, in my internet explorer it is not leveled. In fact, my contents in the left column are all the way at the bottom of the page and the contents in the middle and right columns remain at the same column.

I’ll appreciate it if you got back to me, as I would like for it to look the same in internet explorer as it does in firefox.

Hello Satish!
In my oppinion the best theme out there! Really thanks for all your efforts. I would like to ask you just one thing. How can i set that featured slider has 4 posts (just as now) but under it on homepage to have another 9 posts (13 on homepage total). Which part of code should i change? Adress to my website is attached 🙂
P.s: when (if) i earn something with donation i will donate to you! Much apprecuated man!

Help – I installed it via upload, and all I got was a completely white screen both in wp admin and my site’s display. I waited for several minutes, so I’m not sure that it needed any more ‘time’. Perhaps I should not have installed it when the ‘preview’ also displayed a completely white screen. It probably has something to do with my previous theme being Atahualpa, which mucks with all the standard files. If you have any suggestions I’d like to try them. Regards, Joan

hi, i use this template for my blog. i have some question
1. i want to make the featured post (sliding post) with my recent post. how to make it?
2. i want to make the comment form like this, (with editor). how to make it?

Very nice and clean theme! I like the fact you’re optimizing for speed and SEO.
Unfortunately nested pages and categories break the theme. Have a look at the preview here http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/swift to see how the sub pages break the navigation, at least on Firefox 3.5.

Hello Eric,
Thats already taken care in versions greater than 2.0.7, I uploaded the latest version to wordpress theme directory and waiting for them to update it.
You can get the latest version on this page, its updated when ver there is a update.